The Original Misfits on stage at Riot Fest Denver, 2016, giant Crimson Ghost skulls behind the drum riser

Chuck
Livid

Director / Live music photographer Shot on film & available light South Florida / Medellín Est. 1996

Photographs

Live / Portraits / Archive01
The Queers live at the Hobart Art Theater, crowd with hands up, black and white
The QueersHobart, IN / 2025
Guitar Wolf in leather jackets outside the 529 club, Atlanta, on medium format film
Guitar WolfPortra 800 / 6x6
Seiji of Guitar Wolf on guitar at 529, Atlanta, black and white
Seiji / Guitar Wolf529, Atlanta / 2025
Kim Gordon in an in-camera multiple exposure at Terminal West, Atlanta
Kim GordonAtlanta / 2024
Screeching Weasel's singer pointing into the crowd at the Hobart Art Theater
Screeching WeaselHobart, IN / 2025
Shit-Faced, three spiked-hair punks mugging for the camera
Shit-FacedWe Are The Punx Fest / 2026
Punk with a red mohawk singing along at Punk Rock Bowling, Las Vegas
The people of Punk Rock BowlingLas Vegas
Three Medellín rappers posed against a shutter, black and white film
Nitto427, SEM & P.H.Medellín / 2026 / Film
Noogy after their set, arms around each other
NoogyWest Palm Beach / 2026
Long-haired wrestler resting on the ropes in a ring, black and white
LuchaConyers, GA / 2024
Guitar Wolf shot from below against a Las Vegas sky
Guitar WolfLas Vegas / Nikon Z8
Eamon of The Chats and Billy Jeans of Mean Jeans on a Las Vegas street at night
The Chats & Mean JeansLas Vegas / 2024
Sloppy Seconds band portrait
Sloppy SecondsPhiladelphia
Bleubird and Taylor Dorry outside Churchill's Pub, shot on film
Bleubird & Taylor DorryChurchill's / 2014 / Film
Shonen Knife singing and playing bass on stage in Miami
Shonen KnifeMiami / 2017
Joe Queer and B.A. of Sloppy Seconds outside Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia
Joe Queer & B.A.Philadelphia
Paul Tergeist in a blurred portrait against a red background, on film
Paul Tergeist, Que Lastima2017 / Film
Hurricane Party through a fisheye lens on black and white film
Hurricane PartyFort Lauderdale / Film
Que Lastima on stage at Kreepy Tiki, saxophone and keys
Que LastimaKreepy Tiki / 11.19.16
Two people laughing on a Little Havana sidewalk, black and white
Little HavanaMiami / 2023 / Zfc
MC with microphone at Soundlab, Respectable Street, West Palm Beach
SoundlabRespectable Street
Three band members posed in a doorway, black and white
The QueersBand portrait
Long hair flying, Hammerhead Fest, Atlanta
Hammerhead FestAtlanta
A woman watches a hula hoop performer on the street at MangoFest, Lake Worth Beach
MangoFestLake Worth Beach / 2026

Films

Shorts / Music videos / Docs / Super 802

Instinto

Almas Presas ft. SEM & PH. The official music video, shot in Medellín.

Music video / Medellín / 866K+ views

In the Shadow of the Devil

Graveyards, Baphomet and New England, on Kodak Vision3.

A New England Super 8 home movie

My Job Sucks

Billy Batts and the Made Men.

Music video

Laramidia Drive

A comedy short.

Short

Night of the Livid Queers

The Queers live on tour with Black Flag. The Ranch, Ft Myers & Culture Room, Ft Lauderdale.

Live music video

Good Trouble in Palm Beach

A gonzo protest short, produced with Palm Beach Indivisibles. Nikon Z8.

Short / 6:52
CommercialAn Hour at MangoFest A commercial shoot for local news. One hour, one camera, Lake Worth Beach.Watch ↗ ShortAn Afternoon at loanDepot Park Or everything except the game. Shot like a home movie.Watch ↗
Docu-seriesRip Up the Streets! The Spits. Two nights at The Earl, Atlanta, seven cameras, plus Super 8.In post
Series80s TV Buddy Cop Show Set in South Florida. Title cards on Kodak Vision3 50D, Super 8.Developing Super 8A Family Outing A Super 8 home movie, shot on a Soviet Quarz.Watch ↗

About

Since 199603
Chuck Livid holding a camera, wearing a denim jacket and sunglasses
Portrait by @birdbot

I came up in the Miami punk scene and never really left. Most of what I shoot is the people who keep it going.

Chuck Livid Productions is based in South Florida, but the work travels. I shoot tours and fests across the U.S., from Atlanta and Philly to Indiana, Denver and Las Vegas, and I make films in Colombia, where I shot Instinto in Medellín.

I shoot Super 8 and 16mm, develop black and white in-house, and lean on Soviet-era cameras, available light and small crews. If the first frame behind the venue is the obvious one, somebody already took it, so I walk the block first.

The work runs from music videos and concert docs to gonzo shorts and home movies.

  • 1996 / 2000Muddy ChaosThe punk zine I started in high school.
  • 1997 / 2000The SlopsMy first band, formed in high school.
  • 2006 / 2011Livid RecordsIndependent label. Put out records by:Glocca Morra PhillyThe Crumbs MiamiJon Cougar Concentration Camp San DiegoThe Getback MiamiGeoff Useless New HampshirePool Party MiamiSpace Station 5 MiamiZero Cool CanadaEnd of Power San DiegoLil Daggers MiamiFurious Dudes MiamiThe Shrubs MiamiThe Illustrated SarasotaDaze SwitzerlandPine Tarts CanadaFaulkner Detectives NYC
  • 2012 / 2017TuffGnarl.comMusic site and the Rock and Roll Debauch shows at Churchill's.★ Miami New Times / Best Music Blog 2015 ↗
  • 2012 / 2020Another Music PodcastA self-produced interview series that also ran on Jolt Radio. Mostly musicians: CJ Ramone, Blowfly, Joe Queer, Jacuzzi Boys, Hurricane Party and more. The full archive is being indexed for release.
  • NowChuck Livid ProductionsA N.I.C.O. Corp. company.

Contact

Booking / Collabs04
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Live photography

Shows, tours, festivals, band portraits.

Music videos

Live, performance and concept. Film or digital.

Docs & shorts

Concert docs, multicam, gonzo, Super 8.

Production

Quotes and invoicing through N.I.C.O. Corp.